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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of McMillan in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.

Members

Member Party Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|  Geoffrey Brown Liberal 1949–1955
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|  Alexander Buchanan Liberal 1955–1972
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Independent|  Independent 1972–1972
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Country|  Arthur Hewson Country 1972–1975
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|  Barry Simon Liberal 1975–1980
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|  Barry Cunningham Labor 1980–1990
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|  John Riggall Liberal 1990–1993
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|  Barry Cunningham Labor 1993–1996
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|  Russell Broadbent Liberal 1996–1998
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|  Christian Zahra Labor 1998–2004
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|  Russell Broadbent Liberal 2004–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Russell Broadbent 47,316 50.36 +1.31
Labor Anthony Naus 23,537 25.05 −10.71
Greens Malcolm McKelvie 7,157 7.62 −2.09
Palmer United Matthew Sherry 4,380 4.66 +4.66
Katter's Australian David Amor 2,262 2.41 +2.41
Sex Party Ben Staggard 2,168 2.31 +2.20
Family First Luke Conlon 1,893 2.01 −1.24
Democratic Labour Andrew Kis-Rigo 1,641 1.75 +1.75
Independent John Parker 1,245 1.33 +1.33
Country Alliance Ross Fisher 822 0.87 +0.87
Independent Leigh Gatt 695 0.74 −1.35
Rise Up Australia Norman Baker 627 0.67 +0.67
Senator Online Gary Patton 209 0.22 +0.22
Total formal votes 93,952 93.89 −2.15
Informal votes 6,118 6.11 +2.15
Turnout 100,070 94.64 +0.34
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Russell Broadbent 58,095 61.83 +7.62
Labor Anthony Naus 35,857 38.17 −7.62
Liberal hold Swing +7.62
Australian federal election, 2010: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Russell Broadbent 41,870 49.28 −0.65
Labor Christine Maxfield 30,212 35.56 −2.58
Greens Malcolm McKelvie 8,258 9.72 +3.72
Family First Linden Stokes 2,776 3.27 +0.33
Independent Leigh Gatt 1,844 2.17 +2.17
Total formal votes 84,960 96.03 −0.54
Informal votes 3,511 3.97 +0.54
Turnout 88,471 94.80 −1.08
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Russell Broadbent 46,229 54.41 −0.38
Labor Christine Maxfield 38,731 45.59 +0.38
Liberal hold Swing −0.38

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Russell Broadbent 40,254 49.93 +7.00
Labor Christine Maxfield 30,743 38.14 +0.28
Greens Sandra Betts 4,839 6.00 +1.52
Family First Terry Aeschlimann 2,370 2.94 +1.23
Democrats Don Walters 1,206 1.50 +0.65
Democratic Labor Suryan Chandrasegaran 775 0.96 +0.61
Citizens Electoral Council Theo Alblas 287 0.36 +0.19
Liberty & Democracy Ben Fiechtner 141 0.17 +0.17
Total formal votes 80,615 96.57 +1.06
Informal votes 2,859 3.43 −1.06
Turnout 83,474 95.85 −0.04
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Russell Broadbent 44,172 54.79 −0.20
Labor Christine Maxfield 36,443 45.21 +0.20
Liberal hold Swing −0.20
Australian federal election, 2004: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Russell Broadbent 32,379 42.93 +13.80
Labor Christian Zahra 28,555 37.86 +0.94
National Bridget McKenzie 6,676 8.85 −7.74
Greens Chris Aitken 3,381 4.48 −0.89
Family First Harold Paul 1,289 1.71 +1.71
Independent Howard Emanuel 1,079 1.43 +1.43
One Nation A R Gizycki de Gozdawa 1,044 1.38 −2.55
Democrats Julie Grant 638 0.85 −3.10
Democratic Labor Greg Byrne 263 0.35 +0.35
Citizens Electoral Council Graeme Reid 127 0.17 +0.10
Total formal votes 75,431 95.51 −0.25
Informal votes 3,543 4.49 +0.25
Turnout 78,974 95.89 −0.17
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Russell Broadbent 41,477 54.99 +2.15
Labor Christian Zahra 33,954 45.01 −2.15
Liberal hold Swing +2.15
Australian federal election, 2001: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Christian Zahra 35,238 44.48 +7.57
Liberal Jim Forbes 31,532 39.80 +0.94
Democrats David Wall 3,233 4.08 −0.17
Greens Jenny Farrar 2,918 3.68 +1.51
One Nation John Holtman 2,864 3.62 −1.61
National David Roberts 2,172 2.74 +2.74
Betty Howell 1,262 1.59 +1.59
Total formal votes 79,219 96.52 +0.63
Informal votes 2,853 3.48 −0.63
Turnout 82,072 96.44
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Christian Zahra 41,559 52.46 +1.89
Liberal Jim Forbes 37,660 47.54 −1.89
Labor hold Swing +1.89

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Russell Broadbent 29,512 38.91 −1.20
Labor Christian Zahra 27,995 36.91 −3.95
One Nation Bryan Atkin 3,963 5.22 +5.22
Independent Barry Cunningham 3,800 5.01 +5.01
Democrats David Wall 3,228 4.26 −0.81
Shooters Peter Kelly 2,954 3.89 +3.89
Australia First Peter Wells 2,036 2.68 +2.68
Greens Jenny Farrar 1,645 2.17 −0.50
Independent Anthony Geoghegan 352 0.46 +0.46
Unity Colin Milne 247 0.33 +0.33
Natural Law Peter Jackson 116 0.15 −0.07
Total formal votes 75,848 95.89 −1.40
Informal votes 3,251 4.11 +1.40
Turnout 79,099 96.53 −0.31
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Christian Zahra 38,360 50.57 +2.64
Liberal Russell Broadbent 37,488 49.43 −2.64
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +2.64
Australian federal election, 1996: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Barry Cunningham 31,115 40.86 −4.92
Liberal Russell Broadbent 30,546 40.11 −2.38
National Helen Hoppner 6,206 8.15 +6.93
Democrats Colin Thornby 3,869 5.07 +1.66
Greens Luke van der Meulen 2,031 2.67 +2.67
Independent Dave Smith 878 1.15 +1.15
Call to Australia Norman Baker 818 1.07 +1.07
Independent Chris King 526 0.69 +0.69
Natural Law Michael Pollock 170 0.22 −0.35
Total formal votes 76,149 97.39 −0.32
Informal votes 2,119 2.71 +0.32
Turnout 78,268 96.83 −0.09
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Russell Broadbent 39,333 52.07 +2.60
Labor Barry Cunningham 36,210 47.93 −2.60
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +2.60
Australian federal election, 1993: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Barry Cunningham 34,295 45.66 +7.77
Liberal John Riggall 32,939 43.86 +5.52
Independent Helen Hoppner 4,385 5.84 +5.84
Democrats David White 2,515 3.35 −6.86
Independent Glen Mann 540 0.72 −0.05
Natural Law Cathy Boschin 428 0.57 +0.57
Total formal votes 75,102 97.60 +0.31
Informal votes 1,848 2.40 −0.31
Turnout 76,950 96.92
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Barry Cunningham 37,793 50.40 +4.84
Liberal John Riggall 37,200 49.60 −4.84
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.84
Australian federal election, 1990: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Riggall 27,224 38.3 +5.3
Labor Barry Cunningham 26,903 37.9 −9.7
Democrats Ross Ollquist 7,247 10.2 +4.9
National Jillian Petersen 6,358 9.0 −3.1
Call to Australia Michael Slaughter 2,726 3.8 +3.8
Independent Glen Mann 544 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 71,002 97.3
Informal votes 1,976 2.7
Turnout 72,978 96.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Riggall 38,576 54.4 +7.4
Labor Barry Cunningham 32,281 45.6 −7.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +7.4

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Barry Cunningham 30,610 48.9 −4.6
Liberal John Kiely 19,846 31.7 −1.5
National Pat O'Brien 7,544 12.1 +6.0
Democrats Ross Ollquist 3,319 5.3 +1.1
Independent Anne Lorraine 833 1.3 +1.3
Independent Thomas Walsh 404 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 62,556 96.2
Informal votes 2,466 3.8
Turnout 65,022 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Barry Cunningham 33,949 54.3 −3.8
Liberal John Kiely 28,555 45.7 +3.8
Labor hold Swing −3.8
Australian federal election, 1984: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Barry Cunningham 31,517 53.5 +4.1
Liberal John Dwyer 19,559 33.2 −5.2
National Heather Ronald 3,580 6.1 +1.4
Democrats James Richards 2,509 4.3 −1.5
Democratic Labor Anne Barrett 1,732 2.9 +1.2
Total formal votes 58,897 93.0
Informal votes 4,415 7.0
Turnout 63,312 96.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Barry Cunningham 34,182 58.0 +4.1
Liberal John Dwyer 24,705 42.0 −4.1
Labor hold Swing +4.1
Australian federal election, 1983: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Barry Cunningham 34,099 48.3 +5.4
Liberal Greg Ross 27,831 39.5 −4.7
Democrats Gloria Auchterlonie 4,062 5.8 −1.5
National Stewart Robertson 3,317 4.7 +4.7
Democratic Labor John Sellens 1,219 1.7 −3.3
Total formal votes 70,528 97.9
Informal votes 1,548 2.1
Turnout 72,076 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Barry Cunningham 37,433 53.1 +1.7
Liberal Greg Ross 33,095 46.9 −1.7
Labor hold Swing +1.7
Australian federal election, 1980: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Barry Simon 28,957 44.2 −0.3
Labor Barry Cunningham 28,100 42.9 +7.5
Democrats Sandra Burke 4,748 7.3 −6.9
Democratic Labor Brian Handley 3,295 5.0 +0.2
Independent Robert McCracken 378 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 65,478 97.3
Informal votes 1,803 2.7
Turnout 67,281 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Barry Cunningham 33,647 51.4 +6.2
Liberal Barry Simon 31,831 48.6 −6.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.2

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Barry Simon 27,650 44.5 +11.9
Labor Richard Elkington 21,999 35.4 −4.2
Democrats Ronald Dent 8,844 14.2 +14.2
Democratic Labor Brian Handley 3,010 4.8 +0.9
Independent Norman Holyoak 667 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 62,170 97.1
Informal votes 1,847 2.9
Turnout 64,017 96.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Barry Simon 34,077 54.8 −1.9
Labor Richard Elkington 28,093 45.2 +1.9
Liberal hold Swing −1.9
Australian federal election, 1975: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Rutherford 22,402 39.6 −4.3
Liberal Barry Simon 18,415 32.6 +8.4
National Country Arthur Hewson 12,971 22.9 −1.9
Democratic Labor Les Hilton 2,227 3.9 −0.2
Independent David Little 525 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 56,540 98.0
Informal votes 1,182 2.0
Turnout 57,722 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Barry Simon 32,070 56.7 +56.7
Labor William Rutherford 24,470 43.3 −2.1
Liberal gain from National Country Swing +2.1
Australian federal election, 1974: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Barry Murphy 24,201 43.9 −1.9
Country Arthur Hewson 13,650 24.8 +8.2
Liberal Ronald Dent 13,345 24.2 +0.1
Democratic Labor Les Hilton 2,273 4.1 −3.1
Australia Ronald Broadhurst 1,666 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 55,135 97.9
Informal votes 1,177 2.1
Turnout 56,312 96.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Arthur Hewson 30,110 54.6 +2.2
Labor Barry Murphy 25,025 45.4 −2.2
Country hold Swing +2.2
Australian federal election, 1972: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Mountford 22,802 45.8 +3.7
Liberal Barrie Armitage 12,025 24.1 −8.0
Country Arthur Hewson 8,282 16.6 −0.3
Democratic Labor Michael Houlihan 3,583 7.2 −1.8
Independent Alexander Buchanan 3,113 6.3 +6.3
Total formal votes 49,805 98.1
Informal votes 962 1.9
Turnout 50,767 96.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Arthur Hewson 26,096 52.4 +52.4
Labor Frank Mountford 23,709 47.6 +2.9
Country gain from Liberal Swing −2.9

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Mountford 20,390 42.1 +8.2
Liberal Alexander Buchanan 15,530 32.1 −18.5
Country John Dwyer 8,164 16.9 +16.9
Democratic Labor Les Hilton 4,337 9.0 −2.1
Total formal votes 48,421 97.6
Informal votes 1,189 2.4
Turnout 49,610 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alexander Buchanan 26,795 55.3 −7.5
Labor Frank Mountford 21,626 44.7 +7.5
Liberal hold Swing −7.5
Australian federal election, 1966: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander Buchanan 22,857 50.4 +0.6
Labor Eric Kent 15,449 34.1 −4.4
Democratic Labor Les Hilton 5,040 11.1 −0.5
Independent Thomas Yates 2,000 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 45,346 97.0
Informal votes 1,397 3.0
Turnout 46,743 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alexander Buchanan 62.6 +2.2
Labor Eric Kent 37.4 −2.2
Liberal hold Swing +2.2
Australian federal election, 1963: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander Buchanan 22,479 49.8 +14.3
Labor Eric Kent 17,377 38.5 +1.6
Democratic Labor Les Hilton 5,243 11.6 +0.0
Total formal votes 45,099 99.0
Informal votes 442 1.0
Turnout 45,541 96.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alexander Buchanan 27,221 60.4 −0.8
Labor Eric Kent 17,878 39.6 +0.8
Liberal hold Swing −0.8
Australian federal election, 1961: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Longstaff 15,907 36.9 −2.4
Liberal Alexander Buchanan 15,288 35.5 +5.4
Country Francis Hawtin 6,758 15.7 −3.0
Democratic Labor Les Hilton 4,988 11.6 +1.4
Republican Patrick Linane 181 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 43,122 97.6
Informal votes 1,078 2.4
Turnout 44,200 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alexander Buchanan 26,401 61.2 +4.0
Labor James Longstaff 16,721 38.8 −4.0
Liberal hold Swing +4.0

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Brown 15,821 39.3 +4.7
Liberal Alexander Buchanan 12,113 30.1 −21.9
Country Francis Hawtin 7,514 18.7 +18.7
Democratic Labor Kevin Scanlon 4,123 10.2 −3.2
Communist Wattie Doig 450 1.1 +1.1
Independent Decima Mayne 210 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 40,231 95.2
Informal votes 2,040 4.8
Turnout 42,271 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alexander Buchanan 23,031 57.2 −5.5
Labor George Brown 17,200 42.8 +5.5
Liberal hold Swing −5.5
Australian federal election, 1955: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander Buchanan 20,197 52.0 +10.7
Labor Horace Hawkins 13,430 34.6 −8.3
Labor (A-C) Desmond Devlin 5,193 13.4 +13.4
Total formal votes 38,820 97.6
Informal votes 969 2.4
Turnout 39,789 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alexander Buchanan 62.7 +7.3
Labor Horace Hawkins 37.3 −7.3
Liberal hold Swing +7.3
Australian federal election, 1954: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Desmond Devlin 17,989 43.2 +2.4
Liberal Geoffrey Brown 17,054 41.0 −14.7
Country John McDonald 5,790 13.9 +13.9
Communist Bob Hamilton 776 1.9 −1.5
Total formal votes 41,609 98.4
Informal votes 694 1.6
Turnout 42,303 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoffrey Brown 22,314 53.6 −2.4
Labor Desmond Devlin 19,295 46.4 +2.4
Liberal hold Swing −2.4
Australian federal election, 1951: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoffrey Brown 21,465 55.7 +23.3
Labor Horace Hawkins 15,717 40.8 +2.1
Communist Fred Charlesworth 1,328 3.4 +0.9
Total formal votes 38,510 98.1
Informal votes 747 1.9
Turnout 39,257 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoffrey Brown 56.0 −0.9
Labor Horace Hawkins 44.0 +0.9
Liberal hold Swing −0.9

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: McMillan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Adam Keltie 14,263 38.7 −3.6
Liberal Geoffrey Brown 11,938 32.4 +6.5
Country Bob May 9,714 26.4 −0.6
Communist Bob Hamilton 912 2.5 −2.2
Total formal votes 36,827 98.0
Informal votes 758 2.0
Turnout 37,585 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoffrey Brown 20,960 56.9 +6.1
Labor Adam Keltie 15,867 43.1 −6.1
Liberal gain from Country Swing +6.1

References

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